The December issue of Space Research Today is now out!

As always, it's packed with the latest news from the global space community, including updates on #COSPAR2024, asteroid Apophis, the Einstein probe, two new COSPAR panels, research and industry news and more:
https://issuu.com/cosparspaceresearchtoday/docs/magazine_srt_221?fr=sYjcxOTYzNzM5OTU

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🌌✨ A heartfelt thank you to all who took part in COSPAR 2024 in Busan, Korea this summer. 🎉

It was an impressive gathering of brilliant minds sharing groundbreaking research and innovative ideas about space science. Whether you joined us in person or couldn't make it this time, we hope you will enjoy seeing (or re-living) some of this event captured in our slideshow.

👉 Watch the slideshow here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkIrNwN1bnA

🚀🌍 #COSPAR2024

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In 5 years, the asteroid Apophis will be a busy place. It will pass very close to Earth – an opportunity space agencies are planning to take advantage of. We organized a meeting between 5 space agencies during #COSPAR2024 to kick-off coordination on mission concepts and logistics

The final issue of #COSPAR2024: The Blog is now available. It is guest edited by two of this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists recipients: Christine Verbeke and Julie Barnum.

They both cover their favourite experiences of the week, including scientific sessions, contributing to business meetings, interdisciplinary lectures and visiting booths in the Exhibition: https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/blog/the-blog-6/

#SpaceScience #SpaceResearch

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The Chinese Interstellar Express concept would launch two nuclear electric spacecraft, one to Jupiter & Neptune flybys, and a second with a Jupiter flyby and then going in the opposite direction of Neptune.

This is hugely ambitious, but would get to the outer solar system way before NASA Interstellar Probe.

#COSPAR2024

Ralph McNutt on Interstellar Probe, the mission concept to 100 AU (ie where the Voyagers are) as fast as possible. The nominal study used an SLS Block 2 (yuck), but a Falcon Heavy with a Star 48B (same upper stage as New Horizons, Parker Solar Probe) is only a bit worse (77 years vs 53 years).

You can do better with Starship and on orbit refuelling, but not as much as you might think, (30 ish years).

#COSPAR2024

Have you been keeping up with #COSPAR2024: The Blog?

Today's entry is guest edited by Shivesh Kumar, Assistant Professor at Chalmers University of Technology and recipient of one of this year's Outstanding Paper Awards for Young Scientists.

In it he shares his experience of attending his first space research conference, including attending a PEDAS short course, technical sessions and his commission's Business Meeting.

Read all about it: https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/blog/the-blog-4/

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Obviously the best astronauts are the short ones… #COSPAR2024
Can you imagine a #mathematics conference with this many sponsors & supporters? #cospar2024

Space is increasingly cooperative and collaborative – within & between countries and between government entities & private companies.

What does this mean for the future? Read what leaders from seven space agencies said when they sat down together for a conversation at #COSPAR2024: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7219182595178139648

#NewSpace #SpaceResearch #SpaceDiplomacy

Committee on Space Research - COSPAR on LinkedIn: #cospar24 #spaceresearch #newspace #tothemoon #sciencediplomacy

The future of space is increasingly cooperative and collaborative – within and between countries and between government entities and private companies. This…